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Contents<br />

Executive summary..................................................................................................x<br />

Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1<br />

Background ............................................................................................................2<br />

<strong>Hyperbaric</strong> oxygen therapy.............................................................................................2<br />

The procedure ..................................................................................................................2<br />

Intended purpose.............................................................................................................3<br />

Clinical need......................................................................................................................4<br />

Existing procedures and comparators ..........................................................................4<br />

Marketing status of the device .......................................................................................5<br />

Current reimbursement arrangement............................................................................5<br />

Approach to assessment...........................................................................................8<br />

Review of literature..........................................................................................................8<br />

Expert advice..................................................................................................................13<br />

Results of assessment............................................................................................. 14<br />

Is it safe?..........................................................................................................................14<br />

Is it effective?..................................................................................................................19<br />

Thermal burns ................................................................................................................19<br />

Diabetic wounds ............................................................................................................23<br />

Non-diabetic wounds ....................................................................................................32<br />

Necrotising soft tissue infections.................................................................................32<br />

Necrotising fasciitis........................................................................................................35<br />

Fournier’s gangrene .......................................................................................................38<br />

Osteomyelitis ..................................................................................................................39<br />

Osteoradionecrosis ........................................................................................................39<br />

Skin graft survival...........................................................................................................41<br />

Multiple sclerosis............................................................................................................43<br />

Cardiovascular disease conditions ...............................................................................43<br />

Acute myocardial infarction .........................................................................................43<br />

Cerebrovascular disease ................................................................................................46<br />

Peripheral obstructive arterial disease.........................................................................49<br />

Soft tissue injuries ..........................................................................................................49<br />

Cluster and migraine headaches...................................................................................51<br />

Facial paralysis ................................................................................................................56<br />

Sudden deafness and acoustic trauma.........................................................................57<br />

Cancer..............................................................................................................................61<br />

Carbon monoxide poisoning........................................................................................77<br />

Necrotising arachnidism ...............................................................................................78<br />

Actinomycosis ................................................................................................................78<br />

<strong>Hyperbaric</strong> oxygen therapy iii

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